Hi everyone! It’s a recipe post! It’s been so long since I’ve done one, I love food, why not post about it? As the title says, I’m making tortillas, I make them every week, sometimes twice a week and honestly, I don’t think I’ll ever buy tortillas again. Prepare for some nom nom goodness, let us begin!

So here is part of the recipe, I got it from The Pioneer Woman, who is awesome, by the way and has a show on the food network that comes on around 7 or 8 in the morning ( I’m barely alive at that time, I honestly can’t remember). Here is what I used:

I got the flour, baking powder and himalayan pink salt from Costco and the Snow Cap Lard from Fred Meyer. You can also find this lard at New Sagaya. And last but not least, I used this beauty:

I did push her back a bit, in case you wondered 😉

Isn’t she pretty, I call her Lovely because she is :). These are the attachments i used:

Now what you do is combine all your dry ingredients and mix( I used my paddle attachment). Then add spoonfuls of lard to the mix:

Mix until it resembles crumbs (which I don’t have a picture of, just visualize the crumbs, ok). After that add the hot water and mix until it looks like this:

Now it’s time to knead your do 30-40 times. You can do that, I used my hook attachment:

Tada

Here are some action shots:

You want to knead it until it’s less sticky. After your done kneading, cover your bowl with a tea towel and let it rest for at least an hour. When an hour is up, form the dough into balls, like so:

Then cover bowl again and wait 20-30 minutes. Now your ready to roll out the dough! Woot!

Here is what I do, I sprinkle a little bit of flour on the counter, but the ball on the counter, dip my fingers in flour and pat the ball semi flat,like so:

Then you just roll it out:

My family likes a thicker tortilla, the pioneer woman likes hers thinner. You can customize this to your liking. (Also, when you first attempt this recipe, it may come out.. a little weird. The first time I made it, I used butter, which was fine but when I went to roll them out, they ended up being oblong ovals. It takes practice, believe me, lots of practice.)When you take it off the counter, you want to be extra gentle or you’ll end up with this:

This happens with the first one every time *facepalm*

So be gentle. Temperature wise, you want it to be hot enough to brown on both sides without the tortilla getting crispy, for my stove that is medium/low. I know it will sound kind of funny, but everyones stove is different, so you’ll probably have to play around with it to get the perfect temperature. I used my flat top griddle for this, but you can also use a cast iron skillet

more action shots:

You want to cook for 30 seconds on each side, then put them on a plate and cover with a tea towel, like so:

Then when you’re all done you get to eat them and be pleasantly surprised by how awesomely delicious they are:

Closeup:

Nomnomnomnomnom. Enjoy! If you try this out,let me know what you think in the comments below. Thank you for reading and don’t forget to subscribe :).

Hello! So i just received my order from this site, so i thought i would do a little review on it. Just so you know, it’s my first review, so you know, bear with me and all that stuff. ok, so what is luvocracy? Well have you ever heard of a little site called Pinterest? it’s like that except you can order the items that you pin (or in this case luv) directly from the site. That’s not even the awesome part. The awesome part is that they (whoever “they” are, i like to think of them as my little minions) will scour the web to find the lowest price. Of course if you really wanted to, you could do the same thing yourself, it’s just nice to have minions do it for you. Another thing they offer is if you find something you love on the site, but the vendor the item came from no longer carries it, you can hit the inquire button and again, the minions will go out and find another vendor, if they can. Then they will email you the results. i originally signed up with this sight in September, so really not to long ago. i got a $10 credit for signing up. besides that there are 2 ways to earn rewards, the first being when someone buys something you recommend and the second being when someone you invited makes a purchase. in your first year as a member, you earn 2% of everything bought by the people you invite.Yeah, i just read about that 2 days ago,and as interesting as that is, it really wasn’t why i signed up for it. I just like being able to order from the site, so that’s what i use it for. Now that you kind of know more about the site, here’s my experience with it so far. I ordered the e.l.f. flat top brush on november 27th using my $10 credit, so essentially getting it for free. the shipping was $5.18, the item itself was $3.00, normally i wouldn’t purchase something online if the shipping cost is more than the actual cost of the item, but i wasn’t using my money, so i wasn’t too worried about it. i got my package the day after Christmas, so kind of long wait, but i’m a pretty easy going person so it didn’t bother me a whole lot. What did bother me was the fact that i couldn’t track my package. i did get an email telling me it shipped, which was nice. I guess i’m kind of spoiled because i can track my packages on most sites, such as amazon, but on there i couldn’t find anything about tracking it what so ever.( if i do find something i’ll update this post) it did have a tracking number, but i couldn’t find anywhere for me to plug it in to see where my package was. Oh well i guess, haha. i have yet to buy using a credit or debit card, but if you want to read about how buying works on luvocracy you can click here and while i’m at it, click here for info on how rewards work. So overall i really like this site, despite not being able to track my package. I do recommend giving it a try, it’s free and as far as i know you can still get $10 for signing up. here are some of the latest items i’ve added to my collection, if you want, you can click on the button below and sign up. Also, if you are already a member, what do you think about? Thanks for reading!

So in november, i mentioned that i was moving the shakeology challenge to january and that i was doing a video explaining it. Well that video never got filmed, i just could not find time to do it, so i thought i would just do a blog post and try to add a video later if i ever get to film it. Ok, so the challenge will start January 6th.

So, how do you sign up?

First, I need to be your free beachbody coach in order for to participate in this challenge. you can do that here.

In short, no. It’s not required at all. The only thing you must have is shakeology. if you already have shakeology, awesome! If not you can order it here.

How long is the Challenge?

the challenge will be 30 days long, for those of you trying shakeology for the first time know that there is a 30 day, bottom of the bag money back guarantee, no questions asked. for more information about that, you can message me on my facebook page.

Ok, I bought the shakeology and you are my coach, now what?

If i’m not already your friend on facebook, i’ll send you a friend request, once you have accepted i’ll add you to a private group called The Shakeology Experiment. From there you can all introduce yourselves and tell us a bit about your goals and health journey thus far. Remember this group is private so anything you post in the group no one but other members will be able to see. they will show up in your feed, but again you will only be able to see them because you are in the group.

We will be drinking shakeology everyday for 30 days. I plan on doing a shake after I workout and on days I don’t workout I plan on drinking it for my breakfast along with some fruit.

During the 30 days I will randomly be picking 1 person to choose a daily challenge, so make sure you pay attention! In these daily challenges you can require challengers to do almost anything, for example:

today post you favorite workout shoes

today post your favorite band

today post a picture of you doing your favorite exercise

today post a quote from your favorite movie

By doing this it keeps us all alert and it’s a fun way of staying accountable. Please make sure your notifications are turned on so you can stay up to date and we can help each other through the challenge. for more information about shakeology you can click here. If you have questions about the challenge, message me on my facebook page.

Why did you move the Challenge to January?

i realized that it wasn’t realistic to expect people to want to participate in this challenge during the holiday season. Most people are more worried about spending time with family and buying presents and everything else that comes with the holidays. The reason i figured that out was that it’s something i’m focused on right now, the last thing i’m thinking about is doing a challenge, lol. My one real goal this holiday season is to not gain weight, that way i can still enjoy it, especially foodwise. Plus, January is when most everyone wants to start fresh and make better choices health wise among other things. That being said, take a look at The Beachbody Ultimate Reset if you are thinking of doing a detox to start off your New Year. Information about Shakology can be found here. I believe that’s it for now, i hope you will join me in this challenge and thank you for reading my blog 😀

Hi Everyone, so this is my last post of the night. I wanted to invite you to a virtual black friday/ cyber monday shopping mall, featuring over 20 vendors. Come and browse through online stores that offer: shoes, skincare, makeup, health and fitness, clothing, accesories, children’s toys and books and more all from the comfort of your own home. check it out here. Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey everyone! So like I said on my Coach page, i’m doing a 30 day shakeology challenge, the last day to sign up is the 22nd of this month. I want to find out how well shakeology works. I just think that it would be pretty cool to know people who have success with it. Also, I’m doing it for 30 days because if you feel like its not working for you, Beachbody has a 30 day bottom of the bag money back guarantee, so you can just send it back and get your money back, no questions asked.

So, how do you sign up?

First, I need to be your free beachbody coach in order for to participate in this challenge. you can do that here.

Lastly, if you are already my friend on facebook pm my personal account, if not pm me on my fanpage here.

What do you need to join?

Again,in order to join, I need to be your free coach

shakeology

able to do daily challenges

able to post daily challenges for other challengers in the group.

Do you need a beachbody workout to join?

In short, no. It’s not required at all. The only 2 things that are required are: I must be your free beachbody coach and you must have shakeology. if you already have shakeology, awesome! If not you can order it here.

What to Expect:

All challengers will be entered into the private group I like to call The Shakeology Experiment, for those who are not already my friend, i’ll add you as a friend first then add you to the group. From there you can all introduce yourselves and tell us a bit about your goals and health journey thus far. Remember this group is private so anything you post in the group no one but other members will be able to see. they will show up in your feed, but again you will only be able to see them because you are in the group.

We will be drinking shakeology everyday for 30 days. I plan on doing a shake after I workout and on days I don’t workout I plan on drinking it for my breakfast along with some fruit.

So another thing I want to address is if you get your shakeology before the “official” start date, feel free to start the challenge, that way you can still take advantage of the 30 day guarantee. just be sure to take your before measurements and pictures before you start so that you have them on hand as I will be asking for them on the start date. I will ask for your after pictures 30 days after the start date, December the 29th.

During the 30 days I will randomly be picking 1 person to choose a daily challenge, so make sure you pay attention! In these daily challenges you can require challengers to do almost anything, for example:

today post you favorite workout shoes

today post your favorite band

today post a picture of you doing your favorite exercise

today post a quote from your favorite movie

Well you get the idea. By doing this it keeps us all alert and it’s a fun way of staying accountable. Please make sure your notifications are turned on so you can stay up to date and we can help each other through the challenge. for more information about shakeology you can click here. If you have questions about the challenge, pm me on my personal facebook account or here.

The other day Brandon came home from work with some goodies from Target. Among all the goodies was some chamomile tea from Celestial Seasonings,my favorite tea of all time that is even more awesome when you are sick. I open this package and what do I find on top, but this amazingly cute little tin!

I love this tin! it’s just adorable, and if I ever wanted to carry my chamomile tea with me now I can. But more than likely it will just be displayed somewhere in our house. if you want one look for specially marked packages of celestial seasonings tea boxes. the tins are limited edition so they won’t be around forever and sadly I don’t know if they have tins for all the flavors( if they do I want them all!). but yes, I wanted to share this with you in case some of you are super into cute collectible things like me :).

I hope this comes out right since I’m doing it from my phone (oh technology, so amazing). Anyway this is what I made for dinner and I thought I would share with you, woohoo!

Ok so first I cut up a large yellow onion like so:

Put that in the skillet over medium heat with some butter.
then get some mushrooms like these:

Take off the stems, cut them up and put those in the skillet:

After that salt and pepper them in the skillet. Now get your sausage, this is what I used:

You can use whatever your favorite is. Cut it diagonally like this:

Add to the mushrooms and onions when they look like this:

Cook until sausage is heated through:

This part is optional, I cut up 2 1/2 carrots into matchsticks, like this:

The recipe for the carrots i got out of this amazing book:

Loved the blog and now I have the book. Anyhoo, I think sauerkraut would be delicious with this too. Ok so now your sausage is heated through and now build your sandwiches. You van use any condiments you want
, I just used the carrot “slaw” on mine.

Had salad on the side. These were very good considering I pretty much made it up on the fly. Sometimes my experiments don’t turn out very good, lol, so I’m glad this one did :). Let me know if you want an actual recipe, and I’ll try to make that happen. Thanks for reading!